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Hedge Funds Use Shopping Center Cameras in Hunt for Alpha
Buy-side firms in search of alternative insights to drive returns are turning to sentiment analysis to fine-tune their strategies.
LEI on the Edge: What Needs to Happen for Wider Adoption?
The financial industry is losing faith in the LEI initiative as regulatory mandates remain patchy, but some see hope in SFTR’s unique-issuer LEI. By Mariella Reason
TRG Screen Buys Partner MDI to Boost Managed Data Services
The deal will allow MDI to provide other TRG offerings as fully managed services, and to benefit from being part of a larger company.
TREP’s Tipping Point? An Examination of Refinitiv’s Market Data Platform
Refinitiv—and by extension, TREP—has experienced a fair amount of disruption over the last two years. Competitors are lining up to cut into the platform's market share.
ICE Looks to Bolster ESG Service as Investors Grapple with Lack of Standards
ICE Data Services says investors can access its reference data subscription later this year to build out their ESG strategies.
IMD/IRD Awards 2018: Winners' Review - A Level Playing Field
It used to be the case that many of the Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards would be taken home by a small number of the largest data providers. This year, it was a much closer race, with a greater variety of winners and only three…
EDM Council Forms Data Women’s Group
The new interest group will help provide collaboration, networking, and mentoring opportunities for women seeking to advance their careers in the data industry.
LSEG Building New Algo-Testing Tool
The exchange group is developing new regtech products while looking to move these offerings to the cloud in 2020.
Due North: Inside TMX Group's Bold Data Audit Overhaul
Toronto's TMX Group is looking to revolutionize the way that it conducts data audits with users. While the early feedback is positive, will others follow suit?
Banks Team Up for “Ion Replacement” Project
Consortium weighs building fixed-income software in potential threat to Ion, the dominant vendor
SmartStream Goes to Market With Fresh Air
Sibos 2019 was a significant event for SmartStream Technologies, marking the official launch of SmartStream Air, the firm’s cloud-native, AI-enabled reconciliations platform that is set to shake up the reconciliations industry. Victor Anderson caught up…
SS&C Advent Embraces AI for Product Development
The company is using machine learning and natural-language processing technology to enhance its Tamale and Geneva platforms.
Quandl Uses Algos to Predict a Company's Future Earnings
EQR is part of Quandl’s move to offer more exclusive datasets to its customers.
Rimes Rolls Out ETF Managed Data Service for the Buy Side
The managed service aims to provide portfolio, risk and compliance managers with additional ETF transparency.
Swift Develops API to Automate KYC Registry Data Consumption
The API was recently made available to all registry customers, with plans to offer a 'proactive API' next year to push new and updated data.
Blockchain Could Unlock Value of Real Estate as an Asset Class
In Part 2, Max looks at how new technologies could help to grow the real estate market.
Real Estate as a Tradeable Asset Class Faces Data Hurdles
The value of real estate markets dwarfs other asset classes, but a lack of data has hindered its development. Part 1 of a 2-part series.
ICE Acquires Fixed Income Volatility Index from BAML
The exchange and data provider says purchase of market sentiment index from BAML is a natural next step.
SmartStream’s Model Client Approach
Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards 2019 Winners' Circle
Standards Leaders Set Sights on Upper-Level Ontology for Industry
TC 68 chair sets 2020 goal for industry-wide upper-level semantic ontology.
ISIN and LEI Mapping Project Kicks Off
The initiative's first file includes more than 3.2 million ISIN-to-LEI records across roughly 25,000 unique LEIs.
LEI Issuance Flirts with Real Time
RapidLEI launches API access, shaving additional seconds off LEI turnaround.
March 2019: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Introducing WatersTechnology, our new monthly magazine that brings together fintech and data journalism like no other.